Army Marches $4B Recruitment Biz to OMC
Wed, Nov. 21, 2018
By Kevin McCauley
The US Army announced Nov. 20 that Omnicom’s DDB Chicago has won the $4B ten-year marketing and advertising program that had been at Interpublic for a dozen years.
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The US Army announced Nov. 20 that Omnicom’s DDB Chicago has won the $4B ten-year marketing and advertising program that had been at Interpublic for a dozen years.
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